Champion

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The Champion is a young Canaanite shepherd who becomes one of the world's first superheroes by speaking the magic word "VLAREM!". He is seduced by a demoness and fathers two half-demon offspring, Blaze and Satanus. He later creates the Rock of Eternity to hold captive the Three Faces of Evil.

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
1980 – 1980
Historical notes
Background explored in the Power of Shazam! series.

Relationships

manifests as
Shazam
parent of
Blaze, Satanus

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“In a story written by E. Nelson Bridwell for World's Finest Comics #262 (cover date April/May 1980), the character was a young Canaanite shepherd who becomes the Champion by speaking the magic word "VLAREM!" (an anagram of "Marvel"), one of the world's first superheroes over 5,000 years ago. This background is later explored further in the Power of Shazam!”

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